[Vision2020] SBOE Suspends ISU's Faculty Senate

[nickgier at roadrunner.com]

Hi Sue & Saundra,

If the ISU faculty had a constitution as the UI and BSU faculty do, then the SBOE probably could not do it.

I'm still getting feed back from my IFT Ex. Council about how to proceed, but the ISU faculty should at least boycott the meeting that Pres. Valais has scheduled for Feb. 22.  Furthermore, all Idaho campus senates should pass a resolution strongly condemning this action and asking the SBOE to rescind it.

Another national black eye for Idaho!

Nick

---- Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote: 
> If the SBOE has the legal authority to do that, there is something terribly 
> wrong with Idaho statutes and Ed Regs.
> 
> Sue H.
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Saundra Lund
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:37 PM
> To: 'Moscow Vision 2020'
> Subject: [Vision2020] SBOE Suspends ISU's Faculty Senate
> 
> This is absolutely chilling . . . what on earth is wrong with the SBOE?!?!
> 
> http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/02/17/1532073/isu-faculty-senate-looking-
> at.html
> 
> 
> BOISE, Idaho - Idaho State University President Arthur Vailas, facing
> mounting criticism and pressure from faculty to step down, offered his own
> solution Thursday for dealing with turmoil on campus: Dissolve the Faculty
> Senate.
> 
> The Idaho State Board of Education complied, voting unanimously to suspend
> the senate and reconfigure its bylaws.
> 
> The decision deals a blow to faculty leaders who have been feuding with
> Vailas for two years. Among other complaints, professors say Vailas has
> shown an inability to effectively lead the school.
> 
> Last week, 76 percent of senate members supported a no-confidence vote and
> called on Vailas to step down from a job he's held since 2006.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
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